On Nov 1, 3:23*pm, "Logic316" wrote:

But that just brings us back to my original question. How exactly do *I*
tell if my oil tank is on it's last legs? Otherwise, any reasonable
homeowner must assume that if it's not leaking, then it's still good, no
matter how old it may be.

- Logic316

You might be able to use an ultrasonic thickness meter. I am not sure
how thick the metal is on an oil tank. The meters I found on ebay
have a lower limit of about 1 mm. So if the tanks are made of 11
gauge steel, they would work fairly well.

Dan